MacArthur Foundation

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.

Digital media are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. The MacArthur and Pearson foundations host a panel of experts to discuss the role digital media play in young people’s lives.

The MacArthur Foundation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago present a discussion with the co-chairs of the expert committee that produced the non-partisan report, Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future:Dr.

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman visits Chicago as part of his Art Works tour across America. The chairman visited Chicago to learn how the arts work, with a particular focus on the role of the arts in creating and sustaining vibrant urban centers.

Imagine a society with many more walkers than strollers. In the years ahead, America will experience the effects of the remarkable increases in disability-free life expectancy and the enormous Baby Boom' generation, 76 million strong, will reach retirement age.